%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of the Lubricating Properties of Palm Oil
%A John Jiya MUSA
%J Leonardo Electronic Journal of Practices and Technologies
%D 2010
%I AcademicDirect
%X There has been an increase in effort to reduce the reliance on petroleum fuels for energy generation and transportation throughout the world. Among the proposed alternative fuels is biodiesel. Over the years, a little attention was paid to the industrial use of palm oil. Laboratory tests such as viscosity, fire point, flash point, pour point and densities were conducted on raw palm oil and bleached palm oil using standard procedures. The flash points of palm oil and the bleached sample are 250 and 301ˇăC while their fire points are 260 and 308ˇăC while the flash and fire points of the SAE 40 and SAE 30 are 260/300(ˇăC) and 243/290(ˇăC) respectively. It was discovered that palm oil has a better prospect as lubricating oil if necessary improvements are made.
%K Additives
%K Bleaching
%K Density
%K Fire point
%K Flash point
%K Pour point
%K Viscosity
%U http://lejpt.academicdirect.org/A17/079_084.pdf